REVIEWS & ENDORSEMENTS
The Pain Companion:
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Starred Review: "Invaluable primer on making lifelong healing choices"Shockley writes the companion text she wishes she had when diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome. By focusing on emotional, as opposed to physical, states of pain–loss, grief, shame, terror–she provides an invaluable primer on making lifelong healing choices. |
"Remarkable book...written from the heart of pain...profound"In this remarkable book, Sarah Anne Shockley recounts her journey into the world of chronic pain and shares the survival tools she developed once she realized that pain was there to stay...It is a book about embracing the changes and the lessons which that kind of pain brings and understanding that they contain a gift which you would not have received in any other form. It is written from the heart of pain itself and it is profound. |
"Uplifting advice...invaluable insight"In this book, Sarah Anne Shockley offers a compassionate approach to managing pain. Her uplifting advice teaches us how to bring more ease into our lives by reducing the negative effects that persistent pain can cause in our relationships and self-image. Shockley provides invaluable insight for anyone dealing with their own pain or for anyone who cares for another person who experiences daily pain. -Kayla Hancock, Conscious Community Magazine |
"I loved this book...beautifully written!"
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"Eye-opening...highly recommended"
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"An excellent resource...fantastic read"
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"A refreshing, non judgmental read"
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"Practicality for facing the pain"Many times I wrote in the margins, "Yeah, me too."...Especially if you are just beginning your journey with pain, pick up a copy of this book. Read it slowly and thoughtfully. Try the exercises and this book with indeed be your Pain Companion, a true friend. |
"A useful work that anyone living with chronic pain should read"
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"The hope, perseverance, and honesty offered in this book is quite potent"
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"A sensitive, beautiful book"
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"She introduced me to new ways of managing chronic pain"
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"Fantastic book"
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"An empathetic, powerful, and thought provoking read"
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"I identified a lot with what she went through"
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"Many nuggets of wisdom and insight"
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"Wonderful book"
If you live with the challenge of chronic pain or if you are closely involved with someone who |
"Clearly presents a method that works for self healing...a great read"
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"I strongly recommend this book"
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"A thoughtful and eye-opening book"
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"She described exactly how I have felt"
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"A beneficial exploration into what we call pain acceptance"
Whether your pain is recent or a long, long mode of being, such as with me, there is a lot of value in exploring how we relate to pain and how we could relate to it. The Pain Companion is a great way to nudge you into that exploration, listen to the author’s perspective. It is worthwhile to engage with our pain, mentally, physically, and emotionally to determine how best to relate to it and have acceptance through it. |
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"Excellent descriptions and steps to help alleviate pain"
A guide to not just to help you cope with pain, but to understand it as well...The chapters are broken down into sections which have excellent descriptions and steps to use in order to help alleviate the pain and at the end of each chapter a summary of the key points which can be used as reminders to move forward. |
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"The 'go to book' when nothing else works"
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"Valuable advice and ideas that can only come from someone who has lived through it"
This is a very important book. It offers valuable advice and ideas for making living with pain easier that can only come from someone who has lived through it. I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone experiencing chronic pain, and suggest that practitioners read it to gain a greater understanding of the challenges their patients in pain must live with. - Tracy A. Newkirk, MD, Neurology
"A wise, thoughtful, heartfelt manual"
Until blindsided by devastating pain and immobility, Sarah, accomplished and active, was immersed in life. Making lemonade from lemons, she has produced a wise, thoughtful, heartfelt autobiography and manual in which she details practices that have helped her recover. Providing context, she beautifully lays out the negative emotions and limiting habits that so often accompany pain; she then offers strategies for coping and healing. Given the prevalence of pain and the usefulness of this book, it may easily become a best seller. - Carol Banquer, MD |
"A comprehensive and profound look at the meaning within the experience of pain"
The Pain Companion is a long awaited book that offers important insights into the world of chronic pain. Shockley shares beautifully written prose about her personal journey of living with a severe injury that forces her into a life she had never imagined. Through the letters she writes to Pain, her encouragement to follow one's own healing path, and her presentation of exercises that anyone can follow, she gives a comprehensive and profound look at the meaning within the experience of pain. I highly recommend this book for anyone, especially for people living with pain, caregivers and medical and rehabilitation professionals. |
"A real service for those in pain"
Sarah Anne Shockley has hit on something very important when working with people in chronic pain. It is necessary to address the emotional and psychological aspects as well as the physical. The Pain Companion offers a great deal of clarity. It makes sense psychologically and is a real service for those in pain. |
"I highly recommend this book for anyone living with pain or working with people in pain"
As someone who has lived with chronic pain, and as an Occupational Therapist working with people in pain, I highly recommend The Pain Companion for clients and practitioners both. The insights and exercises are truly supportive of anyone living with pain and moving through to the other side. It is so valuable to hear directly from someone who has lived through it themselves and developed an approach to pain management that addresses all aspects of living in pain. I highly recommend this book for anyone living with pain or working with people in pain.
- Pam Dent, OTR
"Practical, deep, insightful ways of living with constant 24 hours a day pain"Sarah Anne Shockley's book, The Pain Companion, is a must-have for both pain sufferers and therapeutic practitioners practicing pain relief. Taking from her own life experience, Sarah offers practical, deep, insightful ways of living with constant 24 hours a day pain, allowing the reader ways to shift their mental, emotional and physical approach to pain management. I recommend The Pain Companion to all my chronic pain clients. |